10 symptoms of kidney failure

Many people have chronic kidney disease but do not know, because the initial signs may be difficult to see. It may take years for chronic kidney disease (CKD for short) to develop into kidney failure. Some people with chronic kidney disease live until the end of their lives and never progress to kidney failure.

However, for many people at any stage of kidney disease, its knowledge is still optimal.Knowing the signs of kidney disease can help you get the best treatment . If you or someone you know has 1 or more symptoms among the symptoms of kidney disease below, or when you worry that you have a problem with your kidneys, see your doctor for a review. Blood and urine tests. Remember, many symptoms may not be caused by kidney disease. But the only way to know the cause of your symptoms is to see a doctor.

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1. Changes in urination

The kidneys produce urine, so when the kidneys fail, there may be changes to the urine as follows:

1. You may have to wake up at night to urinate.
2. Urine has foam or many bubbles. You may urinate more often than usual, or have more urine than usual and urine is pale.
3. The number of times you urinate less than usual, or the amount of urine is less than normal, urine is dark.
4. Your urine may have blood.
5. You may feel tight or have difficulty urinating.

Here is the description of the patient:

'When you go to the toilet more, you can't go to the bathroom. And then you still feel like the tension goes down, it's really tense. '

'Urine is the first thing I start to notice. I then went to the bathroom more often and when I went to the bathroom, I could not urinate. You think you need to urinate, but when going to the toilet: the result is only two or three drops'.

'I urinate blood. The urine is very dark like grape color. And when I went to the hospital, there they thought I was lying about the color of urine. '

2. Fit

Damaged kidneys do not remove excess fluid, so fluid builds up in your body, causing you to have swelling in your legs, ankles, feet, face and hands.

Description of the patient

'I remember that I had a lot of swelling in my ankles. My ankles are so big that I can't wear shoes anymore. '

'With my sister, her hair started to fall, she was thin, but her face was really bulging, you know everything was like that until she found out that she was sick.' .

'Going to work one morning, my ankles swell up, really bulging, and I'm very tired when walking to the bus stop. And then I knew that I had to see a doctor. '

3. Tired

Healthy kidneys produce a hormone called erythropoietin (read as a-rith'-ro-po'-uh-tin), which tells the body to make red blood cells carrying oxygen.

When kidneys fail (failure), they produce less erythropoietin. So your body has fewer red blood cells that transport oxygen, so your muscles and mind are tired quickly . This condition is called anemia. And this disease is treatable.

Description of the patient

'I suddenly felt exhausted and had no more province.'

'I slept a lot. I went home and went to bed and went to bed now. '

'It is as if you are always extremely tired. Being tired, and your health is running out even when you don't do anything. '

4. Itching / skin rash

The kidneys remove waste products from the blood. When the kidneys fail, the accumulation of these wastes in your blood can cause severe itching.

Patient description:

'It's not just an itchy skin, but it runs along the bone. I had to use a brush to dig up flesh. My back was bloody from too much scratching. '

'My skin is torn. I was very itchy and scratched a lot '.

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5. Metal taste in mouth / breath smells like ammonia

The accumulation of waste products in the blood (called blood urea) can make food taste different and make the breath smell. You may also notice that you don't like to eat meat anymore, or that you lose weight because you don't feel like eating.

Description of the patient

'You will feel the taste in your mouth, It is almost like you have been drinking iron.'

'You don't have the same appetite as before.'

'Before I started dialysis, I lost about 10 pounds of weight'.

6. Nausea and vomiting

Intense accumulation of blood waste (blood urea) can also cause nausea and vomiting. Anorexia can lead to weight loss.

Description of the patient

'I have a lot of itching, and I vomit, vomit everything out. I can't keep any food or drink left in the stomach. '

'When I vomited, I could not eat, and at that time I had a hard time taking antihypertensive drugs.'

7. Shallow breathing

Your shortness of breath may be related to the kidneys in two ways, firstly the excess fluid in your body accumulates in the lungs. And second, anemia (the lack of oxygen-carrying red blood cells) can make your body hungry for oxygen and produce shallow breathing.

Description of the patient

'When I was shallow, it would scare me. I think maybe I might fall or something will happen to me, so usually I look for a place to sit for a while '.

'I could not sleep at night, I could not breathe, it was like I drowned. And, I can't walk anywhere. That's really bad. '

'You go upstairs to clean the room and then you can't breathe anymore, or when you work you become tired and you have to stop working.'

9. Feeling chills

Anemia can make you feel cold all the time, even when you're in a room with warm temperatures.

Patient description:

'I noticed that sometimes, I was really cold, at that time I had shivers.'

'Sometimes I become very cold. The weather at that time could be hot, and I was still cold. '

9. Dizziness and distraction

Anemia related to kidney failure means that your brain will not get enough oxygen. This can lead to memory problems, causing distraction, dizziness and dizziness.

Patient description:

'I remember I mentioned to my wife about my memory that I could not remember what I had done last week, or maybe two days ago. I really can't concentrate, because I like to play crossword puzzles and read a lot, but can't concentrate. '

'I was always tired and dizzy dizzy.'

'The condition was so bad, I was working, and suddenly I was dizzy. So I thought maybe my blood pressure or my diabetes got worse. That's what I thought '.

10. Leg pain / flank

Some people with kidney problems may have pain in the back or flank, which is caused by kidney damage. Polycystic kidney disease, which can cause the follicles in the kidney to be filled with fluid and enlarged, and sometimes the liver, can also cause pain.

Description of the patient

'About 2 years ago, I always went to the bathroom, and the lower part of my back was always painful, I wondered why there was such a thing . the doctors had guessed it was because of the problems at kidney'.

'And then you have to wake up in the night, when you have pain in your ribs and back, you can't move.'

'At night, I have pain in my ribs. It is worse than pain due to heavy work. '